Wind, Caught in a Net

I had a funny exchange with one of my students a couple of days ago. We were working though an elementary dialogue in John Traupman's ex...

Last Friday I visited a small museum dedicated to the life and work of Xu Beihong 徐悲鸿 (1895-1953) , the first president of the PRC's Ce...

For twenty years, I have had nothing to say about Tiananmen Square. I still have nothing, really. Just a very short story and a translation....

While I was out running errands this morning, I saw a mother leading a toddler by the hand. The two of them were headed in my direction. As ...

Last week we had a record heat wave. It was 80 degrees Farenheit and we were barely into the second week of April. The air managed to be bot...

Spring is here. Forsythia spatters the parks and gardens with speckles of bright yellow. Cherries have begun to bloom, both the pale pink an...

Early this morning, I woke up with a strange sensation. I felt hushed and expectant, almost as if I were in a church. The air outside my win...